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Kea'ahala Road connects Kāneʻohe town to major state facilities, but it's been 20 years since it was properly repaved, and sidewalks are impassable for many.

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The University of Hawaiʻi once hosted a political provocateur under the banner of diversity. Here's what happened.

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